9-letter words containing a, d, o, r, b
- broadwise — breadthwise
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- broodmare — mare for breeding
- buckboard — an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- colombard — a white grape grown in France, California, and Australia, used for making wine
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- corkboard — a thin slab made of granules of cork, used as a floor or wall finish and as an insulator
- cornbraid — to braid (hair) in close parallel rows, creating a hairstyle known as a corn row
- cornbread — Cornbread is bread made from ground maize or corn. It is popular in the United States.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- dannebrog — the Danish flag
- dartboard — A dartboard is a circular board with numbers on it which is used as the target in a game of darts.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- day labor — workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- debonaire — charming and sophisticated
- dirtboard — A long skateboard with larger-than-average wheels, designed for off-road use.
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- doorbrand — a hinge having a long strap holding together the planks of a door.
- doorjambs — Plural form of doorjamb.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drop bear — a mythical creature said to live in the outback; it resembles an oversized koala with sharp teeth and drops from trees to devour unwary passers-by
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- dumb dora — a foolishly simple, stupid, or scatterbrained woman.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- embargoed — Simple past tense and past participle of embargo.
- extrabold — a font with very bold characters
- fabrikoid — a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin
- fallboard — the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firozabad — a city in Uttar Pradesh state, N central India.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- footboard — a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet.
- forbiddal — Lb archaic The act of forbidding something.
- formboard — a board or slab serving as a form for poured concrete.
- freeboard — Nautical. the distance between the level of the water and the upper surface of the freeboard deck amidships at the side of a hull: regulated by the agencies of various countries according to the construction of the hull, the type of cargo carried, the area of the world in which it sails, the type of water, and the season of the year. Compare load line. (on a cargo vessel) the distance between the uppermost deck considered fully watertight and the official load line. the portion of the side of a hull that is above the water.